From Bootstrapping a $70M Company to Leading a VC Fund: Lessons for Founders

Founder Anxiety

By Graeme Thickins Twin brothers Rob and Ryan Weber, founding partners of Great North Ventures, have raised two funds and invested in more than 50 startups to date and counting, throughout the Midwest and the rest of the county.  Well before that success, however, they were founders themselves of their own ventures, beginning in their […]

Michael Martocci, CEO and Founder of SwagUp: Episode 10, Execution is King

Execution is King Episode 10

In this episode, Rob and Josef talk about bootstrapping. Rob shares his experience bootstrapping to $70M in revenue by age 32 with his startup, NativeX.  They are joined by Michael Martocci, who is the Founder and CEO of SwagUp. SwagUp is a company that sells curated swag packages to startups. Michael has bootstrapped his company […]